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The Minimalists

CHAPTER

The Hedonic Treadmill and Happiness

The average American household has three hundred thousand items and it were we're literally tripping over our things they get in the way that way. Sometimes everything you ever wanted isn't actually what you want, Shawn says. It's okay to have something you want as long as you can afford the real cost so there's more than money like money is the initial barrier but there's so many other costs storing the thing repairing the thing the space you need for the thing. "There's a pithy answer in there you don't have the time to own more" - terra on her relationship with Josh.

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